Example sentences of "his [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he pursued his policies within the parliamentary Labour Party and the Labour Party issued the ‘ Mosley Manifesto ’ , develop his policies into a full-scale plan in January 1931 , under the title ‘ A National Policy ’ . |
| 2 | Indeed , his reign was hailed by his contemporaries as a ‘ sun emperorship ’ , and Sol Invictus figured everywhere — including the imperial banners and the coinage of the realm . |
| 3 | A lively and energetic character , enjoying publicity and recognized by his contemporaries as a ‘ personality ’ , Eckersley did more than any other person to lay the technical foundation of broadcasting in Britain . |
| 4 | The Tilford Bach Festival continues to pay homage to J.S. Bach and his contemporaries in a church ideally suited to Baroque music , and a village little changed in appearance since Barbara Gregory and Denys Darlow had their inspired vision 40 years ago . |
| 5 | ‘ A workman , who had been injured through the breaking of a defective part in the machine with which he was working , brought an action of damages against his employers , and later convened as second defenders the manufacturers of the machine , who had supplied it to his employers , on averments to the effect that the accident had been caused by the fault of the manufacturers in that they failed to supply his employers with a machine which was safe for use by their servants . |
| 6 | My Super 's already got his knickers in a twist . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why 's he getting his knickers in a twist anyway if he 's so sure it 's a mistake ? ’ |
| 8 | And in a sense , he actually very neatly defined several different points without getting his knickers in a twist , and wearing different hats it would be so easy to come out with a muddled thing which would end up by being him feeling uncomfortable but him also being part of the Government and the Atomic Energy Authority . |
| 9 | He was elected by his brethren for a purely utilitarian purpose , but in God 's eyes he remained just another humble seeker . |
| 10 | He replied that on the facts as stated the testator had validly confirmed his wishes by a trust , and had therefore given the same to each so that the nurses should enjoy the income from the land together with the foster-child . |
| 11 | Amid signs of increasing desperation , Bush appeared to adopt a two-pronged strategy , using his powers as President to take actions calculated to improve his popularity , while his campaign staff increased the negative content of the campaign by intensifying their attacks on the character of Clinton , particularly in regard to his attempts as a student to avoid being drafted to Vietnam . |
| 12 | But Paddy Ashdown , the Liberal Democrat leader , stepped up his calls for a coalition government . |
| 13 | On Tuesday in Strasbourg he will be renewing his calls for a crackdown on EC agricultural fraud . |
| 14 | It is expected , however , that the Irishman will make known his views at a later date . |
| 15 | He 'll be explaining his views at a meeting on the crisis at Oxford Town Hall this evening . |
| 16 | ‘ We have some problems with some of his views on a number of major and very controversial issues , ’ said a chemical company spokesman . |
| 17 | It was a bizarre scene , with the City merchant banker being interrogated about his views on a number of subjects . |
| 18 | The head of the British liaison mission reported that Yoshida had indicated his views on a peace treaty and associated issues : |
| 19 | Only that there was at least a minor cultural triumph on the terraces where Francois Aliane , celebrated French restaurateur from Edinburgh , rugby enthusiast and Scotophile , was waxing the way fans do and giving his views to a French spectator . |
| 20 | And anyway I 'm going to leave that on one side now because it 's more erm a problem to reconciling Mill 's views about liberty with his views about a proper government rather than directly about governments , so I 'm just going to note that and move on now . |
| 21 | He amplified his views in a broadcast on state television . |
| 22 | Questioned on his views by a Hull-based evening newspaper Lord White tried to backtrack . |
| 23 | And when I nodded , he flicked his fingers at a passing waiter . |
| 24 | He knelt down and got his fingers into a crack in the floorboards . |
| 25 | In the fifties at Old Trafford I watched an England forward stick his fingers into a keeper 's eyes . |
| 26 | Someone grasped at the side of the cart as it went past , and Arkhina smashed his fingers with a hammer . |
| 27 | He moved his fingers with a delicate sureness of touch , thereby undermining Cassie 's wavering defences even more alarmingly . |
| 28 | Currently the subject of a survey at IVAM , Valencia ( to 22 February ) , which is the most impressive accumulation of his material since the retrospective exhibition held at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in 1990 , Fulton is making three wall texts , a new dot painting created with his fingers on a board , and a new series of photographs documenting the landscape of his journeys . |
| 29 | ‘ You can imagine what a spell in the Army would have meant for someone who values his fingers as a pianist , so when I came back home I got in touch with some people and now he has been booked for a number of festivals , ’ Alan tells me . |
| 30 | Joe gazed at the ceiling and tapped his fingers for a little longer . |